Evaluating and Benchmarking Gambling-Related Harm
About
Professor Matt Browne is based within the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University. Matt primarily researches the psychological and health aspects of gambling with this session focusing on new research around the introduction of the Gambling Harms Scale 20, an extended version of the SGHS, designed to cover more moderate-severe harm symptomatology. This scale is benchmarked to health utility, providing a more nuanced understanding of gambling related harm. It recognizes the impact of gambling on those close to the gamblers, filling a gap in the research for affected others.The validity of these scales is further confirmed through open-ended interviews with gamblers and affected others, stratified by harm levels. The results support the validity of the new measures in discriminating individuals experiencing progressively greater levels of harm from gambling.
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